Edwin Coleman Everly
(1867-1941)
Edwin Coleman Everly was born in 1867 in or near
Kingwood, Preston County, WV, the son of Absalom
and Sarah (Carroll) Everly. He also was known as Edward, Edgar and Ed.
Edwin married Myrtle (?) (1870-1957). They apparently had no children.
After spending his early career as a teacher, presumably in Preston County, Edwin ran a dry goods store in Kingwood, known as "E.C. Everly & Co." or for short, "Everly''s." Edgar often placed prominent advertisements in the local newspaper, the Preston County Journal, offering the public a variety of new items for sale.
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Everly store advertisement, in the Preston County Journal, March 1906 |
Later,
the Everlys apparently moved to Morgantown, WV, where Edwin became prominent in legal circles, serving
for three terms as County Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Monongalia County,
WV. Seen at right is the red brick Monongalia County Courthouse in
Morgantown, where Edwin would have had his offices.
He also served as justice of the peace in Kingwood, and
was a farmer in addition. During his term as
justice of the peace, circa 1930, Edgar's name appeared in each issue
of the weekly Preston County Journal in a county directory. The Everlys
resided on Main Street in Kingwood during their final years.
Edwin passed away at the age of 73 on Jan. 11, 1941, of cardiac failure, with asthma as a contributing cause. His funeral was "one of the largest ever held in Kingwood," reported the Journal. He was laid to rest at Kingwood's Maplewood Cemetery.
Myrtle outlived her husband by 16 years. She passed away in 1957, at the age of 87, and is buried beside Edgar.
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